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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazutaka Nogami, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39580032 ; 395580 ;
Abstract
A signal processor includes an instruction buffer for sequentially storing information on instructions output from an instruction cache, and a first register that detects that an instruction enters in an instruction loop. When the instruction loop is formed, a control circuit controls the instruction buffer to supply the instruction in the instruction loop from its storage while placing the instruction cache in an inactive state.